OmegaCAM
E698543
OmegaCAM is a wide-field optical imaging camera designed for large-scale astronomical surveys, mounted on the VLT Survey Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical instrument
ⓘ
wide-field optical imaging camera ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kilo-Degree Survey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VST ATLAS survey NERFINISHED ⓘ VST Photometric H-Alpha Survey of the Southern Galactic Plane and Bulge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboration | international consortium of European institutes ⓘ |
| commissionedOn | early 2010s ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Chile ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
photometric catalogues
ⓘ
wide-field optical images ⓘ |
| designedFor | large-scale astronomical surveys ⓘ |
| detectorType | CCD mosaic ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | approximately 1 square degree ⓘ |
| hostTelescopeAperture | 2.6-metre primary mirror ⓘ |
| locatedAt | Paranal Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedAtSite | Cerro Paranal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Chile ⓘ |
| mountedOn | VLT Survey Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observatoryAltitude | about 2600 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| operatedBy | European Southern Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | VLT Survey Telescope facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMirrorDiameterOfHost | 2.6 metres ⓘ |
| scienceDomain |
astronomy
ⓘ
astrophysics ⓘ |
| supportsFilterBands |
g-band
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i-band ⓘ r-band ⓘ u-band ⓘ z-band ⓘ |
| surveyMode | imaging ⓘ |
| telescopeType | optical ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cosmological surveys
ⓘ
galaxy evolution studies ⓘ imaging surveys of the southern sky ⓘ searches for variable and transient objects ⓘ stellar population studies ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | optical ⓘ |
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